Omani foreign minister Albusaidi visits Pakistan for two days of talks

Centre · 1Oman's Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Albusaidi arrived in Islamabad on Tuesday 13 October 2026 for a two-day official visit, to 14 October. 1 2 Centre · 1Pakistan's Foreign Office, in a statement announced a day earlier by spokesperson Sajjad Haider Khan, said he was visiting at the invitation of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar. 2 Centre · 2On arrival he was received by senior officials of the Economic Affairs Division and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, according to the Foreign Office. 1 3

Centre · 2He is to lead Oman's delegation at the 8th session of the Pakistan-Oman Joint Ministerial Commission (JMC), co-chaired by the two foreign ministers, and to hold a bilateral meeting with Dar. 1 3 Centre · 1The commission is to cover trade, investment, industry, agriculture, finance, oil and gas, labour, consular affairs, security, defence, climate change, civil aviation, education, media and culture. 2 Centre · 2Albusaidi is also expected to make a courtesy call on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. 2 3

Centre · 1The Foreign Office described the two countries' relations as close and fraternal, rooted in shared history, faith and culture. 2 Centre · 1Anadolu Agency adds that the visit comes amid the widening Middle East war, with Pakistan and Oman both part of mediation efforts toward a negotiated settlement of the US-Iran war and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and says Oman has held talks with Iran on temporary or safe commercial shipping routes through the near-closed waterway. 3